We have discovered that the weeds had grown up, animals had taken over some, on and on and on, and it was driving down the value of other homes in the neighborhood.

I am pleased that, as part of the American Jobs Act, the Administration has recommended expanding the highly successful Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

I don't want to interrupt you, but some of us have been wondering for a long time what you are saying about principal writedown?

There is an occupation on Wall Street in New York that is taking place by protestors and the protestors are growing every day.

It is my bill that I created, and it was signed into law by President Bush, not Obama but President Bush.

It is a good program. I am glad President Bush signed it into law.

It was designed to stabilize neighborhoods. That is why it is called the Neighborhood Stabilization Project.

They are basically reciting their concerns. They are very concerned that 1 percent of rich Americans do not pay their fair share of taxes.

With 3 million families at risk of losing their homes this year, there is a clear need for programs that prevent foreclosures.

They are really angry about the banks that we bailed out, the too-big-to-fail banks that were bailed out and they are not reinvesting in this economy with small businesses.

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Donna Christensen. I am very pleased that you took this time out this evening to give us an opportunity to continue to focus on our top priority in the Congressional Black Caucus. We are absolutely…

the SEC continues to be underresourced by the Congress, and that ultimately undermines their effectiveness.

the bill almost exclusively focuses on limiting burdens on the market and puts no emphasis on protecting investors.

Enforcing securities laws should be a matter of protecting the rule of law, plain and simple.

I want to understand FINRA. I understand that FINRA maintains a large investment portfolio.

I applaud the SEC for recommending in their Section 913 study that broker-dealers and investment advisers should both be subject to a fiduciary duty standard...

Could you also comment on the compensation of your 10-person board of directors?

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Christensen. I would like to thank you for taking this time this evening so that we could focus on this issue of jobs. It's extremely important. I would like to thank Steny Hoyer for coming to the floor…

Do you believe that variable annuities require a heightened standard of care? And if so, why?

Improving the regulation of brokers, investment advisers, and other financial professionals was a central goal of Dodd-Frank...

Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman. We have returned to work, and you got right on it with one of the most important issues of our time, what is going to happen in this housing market.

For the first time in American history we are at the brink of compromising the full faith and credit of the United States Government--the pledge that America has made to be the strongest, most trustworthy economy in the world, the promise…

First, I would like to take a moment to thank Barney Frank for his leadership in establishing one of the most important pieces of legislation that has ever happened in the Congress of the United States of America, and that is the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. In 2011, we see that voter suppression is real and rearing its ugly head in too many Republican-led legislatures across this country. With only 15 months left before the next Presidential election…

Woman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011. Before I begin my remarks, I would like to thank Chairman Spencer Bachus, Chairwoman Judy Biggert, and…